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I think pg recommended grad school during recession. It's the perfect time to take on debt. If you choose wisely, when things turn around, you'll have skills th
by jfoutz 18y ago
I think pg recommended grad school during recession. It's the perfect time to take on debt. If you choose wisely, when things turn around, you'll have skills that are in demand. Genetics and materials science seem like great candidates for higher education if you can get somebody else to pay for it.
- eru 18y agoPhysics should not be too bad, either.
- ced 18y agoMeh. I don't have hard data, but I would think that the one and only source of money in physics, the USG, might choose to spend it in more "useful" fields. That means, less opportunities for grad school. That is, unless you're willing to go abroad. I'd recommend it.
- eru 18y agoI was more thinking along the lines of Physics Superpowers to make money in completely unrelated fields.
- hugh 18y agoCompletely unrelated fields like what? Traditionally, the answer has been "Finance!" but I don't see that particular job market bouncing back quickly.
- eru 18y agoHow about management consulting?
- hugh 18y agoYou're right, that's probably still going to be an option. I'd forgotten about it, but I used to share an office with a guy who went into management consulting at the end of his PhD. Last time I saw him, he was trying to figure out whether one insanely large number in Hong Kong dollars was worth more or less than some other insanely large number in pounds sterling, because those were the salaries he'd been offered.
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